To think that if you're in a shop on Boxing Day...

[SapphireSeptember]

...You shouldn't be telling the staff how disgusting it is that said shop is open, or telling them they should be sitting at home with their families/dog/in front of the fire or TV! Seriously, if you are that disgusted with the company I work for opening their store, maybe you should boycott it on Boxing Day? The idiot who told my MIL she should be sitting at home in front of her fire was apparently shocked that Waitrose were closed today and was complaining about it! Err...(She did point out they would be closed if it weren't for people like him doing their shopping. Which surely perpetuates the cycle of shops opening on Boxing Day? Personally I think Waitrose have the right idea.)

I sometimes wonder if these people get the irony (or hypocrisy) of what they're saying. They should also stop flipping rubbing it in. If I hadn't had to work today I wouldn't have left the house and stayed in bed all morning, instead I woke up while it was dark, and then walked to work while it was still dark, and when I finished work it was dark and I had to walk back home.

[RuggerHug]

I'd be tempted to say 'you know what, you're right. Please leave now' pick up my coat and go for the door. I know it isn't possible but maybe the penny might drop then with these people.

[witchofzog]

You need to have a lie down. I had the same conversation with a lovely retail manager in Boots. Explained that I am only in the shop to buy certain items which could have waited until tomorrow, but because they were open today and would have sold out I had to come in today instead. I said I feel shops should be closed boxing day as retail workers have worked hard enough before Christmas as it is without only having one day off, and that I would actually rather have waited til tomorrow to buy said items anyway. We had a nice chat and I left. How on earth is empathising being unreasonable?

I am truly sorry you had to work today and it was shit but you need to realise he was only trying to be nice

[uncoolnn]

Haha! I work in retail management and have been at work today. The amount of times people have said "bit ridiculous that you're open today isn't it?". Well, yes, it is, but what on earth are you doing in here if it's so ridiculous?! Ah. The general public

[RufusTheSpartacusReindeer]

sapphire

I did say to dh that if anyone said tha to me that i wouldn't be responsible to my actions

Luckily (or unluckily) no one did

Although a few days ago someone said "oh you are closing early as well" when it was 2 minutes until closing and we hadnt even shut the doors

[mikia]

witchofzog you are going to be the staff room "guess what stupid thing a customer said" story. Seriously?!

[braceybracegirl]

You can't go to a shop buy something then say how ridiculous it is that the shop is open!!!!!

[pinkmagic1]

Yanbu. Dh and the dc went into town to the sales this morning. I stayed at home out of principle, to have gone with them would have been hypocritical.

[ivykaty44]

This is what I don't go to the shops on boxing day

[SheSparkles]

My dd is one of the unfortunate shop staff who had to work today-starting at 7:50am for the shop opening at 8. This meant I had to take her ther as there were no buses on at that time. There is no fucking need for people to be out shopping Ina department store at that time on any day, never mind Boxing Day.
@witchofzog people like you are the problem 🙄

[Mari50]

YANBU. I used to work in retail and got the same useless comments in Boxing Day/ New Year's Day, Christmas Eve, late Saturdays/ Sundays etc etc- if the people involved actually gave a shit they wouldn't be using or demanding use of facilities on those days. It's always the same 'type' of people who want to shop 24-7 (sweeping generalisation there)

[harderandharder2breathe]

Yanbu

If you disagree with shops opening Boxing Day, don't use them

Don't go anyway and make stupid false comments to the staff!

Witchofzog im sure whatever it is is very important to you but the shop worker doesn't give a shiny shit that "oh I wouldn't come in except that blah blah blah" if you shop, you are supporting shops opening Boxing Day, so don't be a hypocrite

[LassWiTheDelicateAir]

The last thread on this was deleted. I have not been in a shop today.I'm very pleased to see Marks and Spencer in Scotland are closed today.

[Foxyloxy1plus1]

I saw that someone I know was at the Next sale at 5.30 am. Why, just why. It's tat anyway. It's the stuff that hasn't sold the rest of the year.

[witchofzog]

Really? So being nice is bad now? As I said, I explained I would rather come in tomorrow but as the shops were open and would have sold out of what I needed, I had to go in today. Maybe I should have been on my phone instead or indulged in pointless weather small talk instead

[RB68]

I make a point of not shopping on boxing day I think we all deserve two days off

[harderandharder2breathe]

No being a hypocrite if bad

Being nice is fine.

[pinkmagic1]

Did you really need it that badly though witch? Could it not have been purchased online?

[DollyPlastic]

I think it's unfair on the retail workers that shops are open today, and even though I love a bargain, I'm not a hypocrite so boycotted all the shops today.

[witchofzog]

Harder. I was NOT being false. A fair few of my family are working today. My nephew (retail worker up at 4am for a 5am start) said he is glad people actually bother to talk and empathise rather than being grumpy or grunting at them like so many do all year round. So not ALL retail workers feel like this

[anyoldname76]

what was so important you had go today witchofzog ? im in the camp that retail shops shouldnt be open today, and if i went shopping id be a massive hypocrite .

[witchofzog]

Pink I tried online and the site kept crashing so no. Believe me I did not want to be there myself

[TheDowagerCuntess]

YANBU.

I can sort of understand the appeal of sale shopping on Boxing Day if you're in the Northern hemisphere (I mean, not really), but people getting excited about it down here are just nuts.

You could be lying in the sun, on the beach, traveling to your holiday destination, relaxing, not shopping, doing nothing the day after Christmas Day, but instead you're in the shops? Again?!

[AwkwardSquad]

DP works in retail and had an 8am start. He texted on his way in at 7.30am to say that there were people on their way BACK from town carrying Next sale bags... madness. Utter madness.

[SeahorsesSwim]

I didn't go to the shops today but I can understand people doing so if they wanted the sales bef0re the top offers sold out.

Tbh if the high street shops don't compete with the Internet then more will close and there'll be less work in towns, just a few giant warehouses across the country. Internet sales started yesterday, so I can understand the high street opening today to keep up

[user1467976192]

I work in care so have to work over the festive season, however I used to work in retail and hated it was open Boxing Day, New Year's Day.

Therefore I choose not to visit the shops, it seems mean when 1. I hated working in a shop when I wanted to be home with family and 2. I got enough on Xmas day from family and friends so therefore I don't need anything